Laphroaig
Laphroaig distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery on Islay, Scotland. It is situated on the south coast of the island, near Port Ellen, at the head of a small bay known as Loch Laphroaig.Photo: Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: whisky distillery on Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Laphraoig”, “Laphroaig distillery”, “Laphroaig Distillery, Islay”, “Laphrouig”, “Taigh-staile Laphraoig”, and “Taigh-staile Laphroaig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Texa and Dunyvaig Castle.
Texa
Island
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Texa is a small island 700 metres directly south of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It reaches a height of 48 metres at its highest point, Ceann Garbh.
Dunyvaig Castle
Photo: Alasdair MacNeill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunyvaig Castle is located on the south side of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland, on the shore of Lagavulin Bay, 4 kilometres from Port Ellen. The castle was once a naval base of the Lord of the Isles, chiefs of Clan Donald. Dunyvaig Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Laphroaig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laphroaig and Lagavulin.
Lagavulin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lagavulin is a small village approximately 3 miles outside Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kildalton, and is situated on the A846 road. It is best known for being the home of Lagavulin single malt whisky. Lagavulin is situated 1½ miles northeast of Laphroaig.
Port Ellen
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Ellen is a small town on the island of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland. The town is named after the wife of its founder, Walter Frederick Campbell. Its previous name, Leòdamas, is derived from Old Norse meaning "Leòd's Harbour". Port Ellen is situated 1½ miles northwest of Laphroaig.
Laphroaig
- Category: whisky distillery
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Ukrainian—“Laphroaig” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Laphraoig”
- Breton: “Laphroaig”
- Catalan: “Laphroaig”
- Chuvash: “Laphroig”
- Czech: “Laphroaig”
- Danish: “Laphroaig”
- Dutch: “Laphroaig”
- Esperanto: “Laphroaig”
- Finnish: “Laphroaig”
- French: “Laphroaig”
- German: “Laphroaig”
- Greek: “Laphroaig”
- Hebrew: “לפרויג”
- Irish: “Laphraoig”
- Irish: “Laphroaig”
- Irish: “Taigh-staile Laphraoig”
- Irish: “Taigh-staile Laphroaig”
- Italian: “Laphroaig”
- Japanese: “ラフロイグ蒸溜所”
- Low German: “Laphroaig”
- Macedonian: “Лафројг”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Laphroaig”
- Norwegian: “Laphroaig”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Laphroaig”
- Polish: “Laphroaig”
- Portuguese: “Laphroaig”
- Romanian: “distileria Laphroaig”
- Romanian: “Laphroaig”
- Romanian: “whisky Laphroaig”
- Russian: “Laphroaig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Laphraoig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Laphroaig Distillery”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Laphroaig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-staile Laphraoig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-staile Laphroaig”
- Slovak: “Laphroaig”
- Slovenian: “Laphroaig”
- Spanish: “Laphroaig”
- Swedish: “Laphroaig”
- Turkish: “Laphroaig Distillery”
- Turkish: “Laphroaig”
- Ukrainian: “Laphroaig”
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